Difficult position to be in

 
It's been five years, but Rob Ryan still remembers. Ryan, then the Patriots' linebacker coach, was sent to the University of Maine to work out a prospect head coach Bill Belichick had identified as a possible fit for his 3-4 defense, the rare player the team might be able to plug in at the position. [link]

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